Re:Who gets invited to the party?
by roenxi on Friday July 24, 2020 @09:55AM
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> I've worked as a developer for almost 2 decades now & some of the best programmers I worked with were high school or college drop outs. And some of those that went to elite schools were mediocre.
Within the software industry there should be a negative correlation between school quality and performance as an employee. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkson%27s_paradox . People who are unqualified and unfit to do good work have been removed from the pool. Anyone in the pool who is unqualified must be fit to do good work.
Within the software industry there should be a negative correlation between school quality and performance as an employee. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkson%27s_paradox . People who are unqualified and unfit to do good work have been removed from the pool. Anyone in the pool who is unqualified must be fit to do good work.